| Sounds | fao'rm | |
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| Rhymes | barnstorm ... windstorm: 29 rhymes with aorm... | |
| Meaning | A perceptual structure. | |
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| Example | "the composition presents problems for students of musical form" | |
| Synonyms | shape, pattern | |
| Part of | percept, perception, perceptual experience | The representation of what is perceived |
| Narrower | fractal | (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry |
| gestalt | A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | |
| grid | A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines | |
| kaleidoscope | A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes | |
| mosaic | A pattern resembling a mosaic | |
| strand | A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | |
| Broader | structure | The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations |
| Spanish | estructura, forma | |
| Catalan | estructura, forma | |
| Verbs | form | give shape or form to |
| Meaning | Alternative names for the body of a human being. | |
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| Synonyms | human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, flesh | |
| Part of | homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
| person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being | |
| Narrower | adult body | The body of an adult human being |
| female body | The body of a female human being | |
| juvenile body | The body of a young person | |
| male body | The body of a male human being | |
| person | A human body (usually including the clothing) | |
| Broader | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
| Spanish | anatomía, carne, cuerpo humano, cuerpo, figura, físico, forma, soma | |
| Catalan | anatomia, carn, cos humà, cos, cuerpo, figura, físic, forma, soma | |
| Meaning | The visual appearance of something or someone. | |
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| Synonyms | shape, cast | |
| Broader | appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| Spanish | apariencia, aspecto, facciones, fisonomía, forma | |
| Catalan | faccions, fisonomia | |
| Meaning | A printed document with spaces in which to write. | |
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| Example | "he filled out his tax form" | |
| Parts | space, blank space, place | A blank area |
| Narrower | application form | A form to use when making an application |
| claim form | A form to use when filing a claim | |
| order form | A form to use when placing an order | |
| questionnaire | A form containing a set of questions | |
| requisition, requisition form | An official form on which a request in made | |
| tax form | A form to use when paying your taxes | |
| telegraph form | A form to use when sending a telegram | |
| Broader | document, written document, papers | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) |
| Spanish | forma, formulario | |
| Catalan | formulari | |
| Meaning | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups. | |
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| Synonyms | variant, strain, var. | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Member of | species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed |
| Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
| Spanish | forma, variante, var. | |
| Catalan | variant, var. | |
| Meaning | An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | versification | The form or metrical composition of a poem |
| Broader | writing style, literary genre, genre | A style of expressing yourself in writing |
| Verbs | form | to compose or represent |
| Meaning | A particular mode in which something is manifested. | |
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| Example | "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" | |
| Broader | manner, mode, style, way, fashion | How something is done or how it happens |
| Meaning | (physical chemistry) a distinct / distinct / distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary. | |
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| Synonym | phase | |
| Category | physical chemistry | The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances |
| Narrower | dispersed phase, dispersed particles | (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state |
| dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed | |
| Broader | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
| Spanish | fase | |
| Catalan | fase | |
| Meaning | A body of students who are taught together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | class, grade, course | |
| Narrower | master class | A class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert |
| section, discussion section | A small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | clase, curso | |
| Catalan | classe, curs, grau | |
| Meaning | An ability to perform well. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | ability | The quality of being able to perform |
| Meaning | A life-size dummy used to display clothes. | |
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| Synonyms | mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin | |
| Broader | dummy | A figure representing the human form |
| Spanish | maniquí | |
| Catalan | maniquí | |
| Meaning | A mold for setting concrete. | |
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| Example | "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation" | |
| Broader | mold, mould, cast | container into which liquid / liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens |
| Verbs | form | give shape or form to |
| form | make something, usually for a specific function | |
| Meaning | create (as an entity). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | organize, organise | |
| Narrower | choose up | form sides, as for a game / game |
| draw up | form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers | |
| regiment | form (military personnel) into a regiment | |
| reorganize, reorganise, regroup | organize anew, as after a setback | |
| syndicate | organize into or form a syndicate | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | articular, constituir, coordinar, formar, organizar | |
| Catalan | articular, constituir, coordinar, formar, organitzar | |
| Nouns | formation | the act of forming or establishing something |
| formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit | |
| Meaning | To compose or represent: "This wall forms the background of the stage setting". | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | constitute, make | |
| Narrower | add | constitute an addition |
| chelate | form a chelate, in chemistry | |
| Broader | constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be | form or compose |
| Spanish | confeccionar, constituir, crear, formar | |
| Catalan | confeccionar, constituir, crear, formar | |
| Nouns | form | an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse |
| Meaning | Develop into a distinctive / distinctive entity. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | take form, take shape, spring | |
| Narrower | regenerate | Be formed or shaped anew |
| Broader | become | Come into existence |
| Spanish | constituir, formarse, formar | |
| Catalan | constituir, formar-se, formar | |
| Nouns | formation | creation by mental activity |
| Meaning | Establish or impress firmly in the mind. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody | |
| Synonym | imprint | |
| Broader | influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
| Spanish | formar, grabar, pie de imprenta | |
| Adjectives | formative | forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning |
| Meaning | assume a form or shape. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the water formed little beads" | |
| Narrower | bead | form into beads, as of water or sweat / sweat, for example |
| brecciate | form into breccia | |
| bunch, bundle, cluster, clump | Gather or cause to gather into a cluster | |
| conglobate, conglobe | assume a globular shape | |
| constellate | form a constellation or cluster | |
| culminate | Rise to, or form, a summit | |
| flake | form into flakes | |
| granulate, grain | form into grains | |
| head | form a head or come or grow to a head | |
| reticulate | divide so as to form a network | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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